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Ethan James

Hospital staffer certified deaths 'outside the law'

A review has recommended 29 deaths at Launceston General Hospital be referred to the coroner. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS)

Deaths at a major hospital were incorrectly certified by an experienced former staffer who acted outside the law and signed off on patients he hadn't seen, a review has found. 

Tasmania's Launceston General Hospital was the subject of a review after a nurse accused former head of medical services Dr Peter Renshaw of falsifying death certificates. 

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